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Siloam Springs surpasses 70% free/reduced rate; district to receive increased ESA state funding
Summary
Superintendent reported the district’s October count shows 70.7% of students qualify for free and reduced price meals, which raises the district’s Every Student Achieve (ESA) allocation and will increase available funding for nurses, SROs and interventionists next year.
District administrators told the board that the October 1 count of free and reduced‑price meal applications reached 70.7 percent of students, a threshold that increases the district's state Every Student Achieve (ESA) allocation for next school year.
"We had 80 percent of our students in our district fill out an application this year... What that turned into was 70.7% of our district qualified…
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